According to runner IkeSMB, the Kaizo Monkey Ball presentation features levels that have been compiled from various Super Monkey Ball fan games over the years, with some truly fiendish levels turning up during the run.
Mario might see the lion’s share of Kaizo love, but other games have been given the same treatment, including Super Metroid and, perhaps most sadistically, Super Monkey Ball. After that, the release of Super Mario Maker and its sequel launched Kaizo levels into the stratosphere, as an entire player base started competing with each other to create the hardest, most soul-crushing levels possible. While a somewhat underground movement initially, the idea of Kaizo level design became more mainstream as sites like YouTube took off, showcasing the creativity of these harder levels. The result is a collection of levels that are utterly ridiculous to behold, yet showcases the versatility of a gameplay design being pushed to its absolute limit.Ī term that’s become synonymous with high-skill and precision, Kaizo as a whole first originated with ROM Hacks of Super Mario World, with the first instance of the word in the gaming space cited to Kaizo Mario World in 2007. A fan-made game, this version of Monkey Ball takes the “Kaizo” approach of level creation and applies it to the physics-based world of Super Monkey Ball. Recently, I watched the run of Kaizo Monkey Ball by runner IkeSMB at this year’s Summer Games Done Quick. This might sound like a long digression right out of the gate, but bare with me. While there’s usually a whole week of festivities to watch and enjoy, I’m usually the type of person to catch specific runs or games as they’re uploaded to YouTube after the event, usually when I’m supposed to be working. Games Done Quick is a bi-annual celebration of speedrunning and charity that showcases various games being played in mostly unintended ways by some of the most skilled and imaginative gamers in the world.
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